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Welcome to my weekend coffee share, can I get you a cup of coffee or tea? I thought I would create both a coffee share and use as the square challenge for my blogging friend Becky B’s Square challenge this month too. In order to participate I need to make all my photos in “square” format and then share the theme which is Moving Forward. This could mean Reconstruct, Renew and/or are Burgeoning which is a great Spring theme. As I share coffee and my square theme I think the rose above could be burgeoning with color! I will share more photos that are burgeoning with color and beauty.
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I couldn’t resist sharing my garden blooms which always make me smile and make me appreciate what Springtime brings to us as we enter into warmth, sunshine and the beauty of nature that comes this time of year. I can also relate this theme of Moving Forward to my personal life as I had to move forward with my horse Murphy. We were not in a good place back in February where he was so unhappy where he was living that I had to move forward and find him a better place to live. We moved to a beautiful boarding facility just a mile away from where he was at and he is so HAPPY! Here are a few photos of Murphy as our partnership has been renewed!
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We have been here at the new barn for 2 months now, and he is flourishing and he and I have a wonderful bond together. I am able to turn him out to run around in the arena which is so important to his mental health. (At the other barn, it was not allowed to turn out in the arena which was hurting his mental health. He was so unhappy as there was no place to really run and stretch his legs!) I’ll share a video here of Murphy lose in the arena. Even though he can run he is often lazy too, which is a good thing. I want a calm, relaxed horse that has the room to run if he so chooses. 😀
Can I get you a refill? I wanted to share my moving forward as I have been talking for years about moving closer to family. We are working harder than ever to make this dream come to fruition hopefully this year. We are wanting to move closer to my daughter who is 3.5 hours north of us here in California. I will have to keep you updated on this process as we are in the beginning stages and months away. I am hoping for a smooth transition as I think moving can be very stressful. We will work hard to keep stress at a minimum. That is very renewing, and a little hard to imagine at this point, so staying positive as we head down this path!
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I’ll end with this image of my burgeoning basil and lavender blooms! My camera focused on the basil in the background making the lavender a bit blurry but I thought it was a fun artsy kind of photo. I have this “live focus” on my camera and I think works great on my bigger blooms, haha, tried it on this shot and it’s fun to see how it turns out. I also want to wish all the Mom’s out there a wonderful Happy Mother’s Day!
I thank you for sharing coffee with me today and I hope you enjoyed my renew theme for Becky B’s square challenge. I have to get going here, off to the stables to take care of Murphy and so want to get this finished up and linked up for everyone. Thank you Natalie for the #weekendcoffeeshare link up. I appreciate you all stopping by!
Happy, Renew, Coffee sharing Mom!
~Diana ❤
Murphy is so lovely, and your flowers are gorgeous. Wishing you all the best with the moving plans – I know how stressful that can be.
So happy you have joined us for squares
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Thank you so much Becky!! I’m so happy I can join in and it was so fun to write this post and share Murphy, my plans and my flowers! 💖
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The IRIS are BEAUTIFUL. Your rose is also a beauty.
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Thank you so kindly Anne! So good to hear from you! ❤️🌹
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Hi Diana, Thank you for your weekend coffee share. Your flowers are gorgeous and Murphy is such a handsome, healthy looking horse. I enjoyed watching the video clip. Wishing you all the best with the moving plans and a wonderful week ahead.
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Thank you so very much Natalie! He is so happy and doing great. I’m hoping things go smoothly as we work on this move. Have a great week ahead! 😀
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Glad Murphy is happy at the new place 🙂 I’m sure planning a major move can be stressful. Hopefully, when the time comes, it won’t be too bad.
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Thank you so much Trent!! 😀 I wish everything wasn’t so expensive as that’s making things a little crazy for a move. We will see how this all plays out! 🙃😊
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Your garden is exquisite and I am so happy to read about Murphy thriving in his new home! Have a great week my friend. ❤
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Aww, thank you so very much Maria! Murphy is so happy which makes me so happy! Have a great week too my sweet friend! ❤️
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The flowers in your garden look gorgeous Diana and glad to hear Murphy is so happy at his new barn 🐎 It’s nice he has trees for shade around the paddock too 🌳 Wishing you all the best with organising the move to be nearer your daughter and please give sweet Murphy a big pat from us all 🤗🧡🐴 xxx
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Thank you so very much for your kind words Xenia. It means so much to me that you stopped by for a visit! I’m praying our plans to move will go smoothly, there’s so much to do! Sending warm hugs to you and Bria. Have a peaceful, wonderful week! ❤️🐾💞🐴💖xxx
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I forgot to mention in my earlier comment that I loved seeing the video of Murphy enjoying himself
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Aww, thank you for your sweet comment Anne! That means so much to me and so happy you enjoy seeing him. ❤️
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Fabulous blooms! Good luck with the move!
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Thank you so very much Jo!! Thank you for stopping by too! ❤️
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Taking pictures of flowers is one of my favourite things. One of my favourites was a sunflower that had a bumblebee on it. I think the bee was posing for the camera. Hope you are having a lovely week, Diana.
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Thank you so much Shari! That would be some photo with the bee 🐝 on the sunflower! I bet it was posing!! Flowers are definite favorites for photos!!! I’m having a great week and hope you are too! Thank you for stopping by! ❤️
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